The Penance Legacy

2 heroes have worn the Penance mantle.

The originalheld the mantle from 1988

Robert "Robbie" Baldwin

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22 (1988) · 194 appearances

Powers. Kinetic energy manipulation — generates a kinetic energy field that lets him bounce off surfaces and convert/release stored kinetic force as concussive bursts; as Penance, channeled pain-triggered kinetic energy

Origin

Teenager Robbie Baldwin gained the power to generate a kinetic energy field after accidentally triggering an experimental energy generator during a lab visit in Springdale, Connecticut. Adopting the name Speedball, he discovered he could bounce off any surface and unleash stored kinetic force as concussive blasts.

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Successorheld the mantle from 1994

Claudette and Nicole St. Croix (the Penance body; originally intended to be "Yvette," a girl from Yugoslavia)

Generation X [Overstreet Fan Preview] #[nn] (1994) · 65 appearances

Powers. Red, diamond-hard razor-sharp skin, hair, and claws; can cut/shred most materials and dig/sculpt; immune to telepathy; mute and (apparently) cannot understand English.

Origin

First encountered as a near-feral, razor-skinned captive of the mutant predator Emplate, this silent and enigmatic young woman possessed a body covered in indestructible blade-like skin — her true identity and the circumstances that left her in that condition deliberately shrouded in mystery when Generation X began.

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